This week at Cocktails and Shattered Dreams, we tackle #89on Kev's Top 100: 1989's Tom Hanks suburban nightmare "The 'Burbs". Kev's nostalgic for its zany Gremlins vibes and stacked cast (Hanks! Fisher! Feldman!); Andy calls it bizarrely all-over-the-shop, with zero chemistry, weak plot, and Hanks edging into Saviour mode too soon.
Alongside guest Dani, we debate satanic panic, Carrie Fisher's meh wig, typecast army nuts, and why Kev skipped Splash, Big, and Turner & Hooch, for this "funny" Hanks flick 🤯 Dani graciously calls it amusingly weird; while Andy clocks it as Scooby-Doo gone wrong with Rear Window pretensions; Kev admits it crumbles on rewatch.
Expect Rear Window riffs, werewolf red herrings, product placement overload, and an ending that reveals... nothing much 😂😂
Quote: "Is that supposed to go up to 5000 degrees"IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/@longplayvideo